{"title":"Margaret Wurtele","description":"\u003cp\u003eMARGARET WURTELE is the author of three books, including the novel \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Hour\u003c\/em\u003e and the memoirs \u003cem\u003eTaking Root\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTouching the Edge: A Mother’s Spiritual Journey from Loss to Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWurtele holds a Master’s in Liberal Studies from Hamline University and built a career in arts fundraising, serving as development director for the St. Paul United Arts Fund and Managing Director for the Dayton Hudson Foundation. She also served on the boards of the Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Opera, and the Loft Literary Center, and is a co-founder of Hungry Mind Press, later known as Ruminator Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Wurtele and her husband own Terra Valentine Winery in California’s Napa Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Napa Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Wurtele’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"touching-the-edge","title":"Touching the Edge: A Mother's Spiritual Journey from Loss to Life","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTouching the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e is an homage to love, loss, and the rising grace that comes when grief is transformed into peace. Margaret Wurtele's bow to her son, Phil, is a story we can all recognize within the context of each family's dance with death. Her words can heal the fall of a human heart.\"-Terry Tempest Williams, author of \u003cem\u003eRefuge, Red, and Leap\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTouching the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary memoir. Margaret Wurtele writes of the most painful events a parent can ever imagine, and yet she writes so honestly, so clearly, with prose as lucid and shimmering as cut crystal, that the book shines with a quiet grace. I too have a single grown child. I read this book and trembled. But I also saw, through Margaret Wurtele's eyes, a glimpse of the light that guided her through the darkness. It was a privilege to read this book.\"-Susan Allen Toth, author of \u003cem\u003eBlooming: A Small-Town Girlhood\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy Love Affair with England\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"I happened to be climbing on Rainier the day that Phil was killed, and I often wondered who he was, what he was like. Now, thanks to this beautifully told account, I have a very good idea. And I have an even clearer sense of what it means to be a parent, and a child of God. This book will choke you up, but the tears will be more than worth it.\"-Bill McKibben, author of \u003cem\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLong Distance: Testing the Limits of Body and Spirit in a Year of Living Strenuously\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"The experience of love and loss, when shared, can become the alchemy of a rebirth of the spirit in others. In this journey to the other side of grief, Margaret Wurtele is fearlessly true to her experience of loss and makes herself available to be an agent of transformation for her readers. This is the glory of the human story: we really are 'members of one another' whether we realize it or not.\"-Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and author of\u003cem\u003e Seasons of Grace, The Soul's Journey,\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Living the Truth\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471222879\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471222873\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Margaret Wurtele","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43185563599064,"sku":"9780471222873","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470251904_FC_mockup_v2_1738719887_b5f79641-dec5-4b05-9a56-e295828d9038.jpg?v=1791995572"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-margaret-wurtele.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}